On Valentines Day in 1981 in the North of Dublin, Ireland a fire broke out in a nightclub just following a Disco Dancing competition. We look at how measures taken to prevent illegal entry and poor building material choices cost 48 young people their lives.
With John Chidgey.
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.
With thanks to Aileen Brennan for the topic suggestion.
With John Chidgey.
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Formal Reports:
- Report of the Stardust Victims’ Compensation Tribunal (PDF)
- Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry on the fire at the Stardust
News Releases and Articles:
- Stardust: A timeline of the Tribunals, reports and inquests that led to this week’s verdict
- Stardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdict
- Stardust fire inquest of ‘paramount importance’
- A grim uncertainty that haunts Stardust families
- Stardust: Apology call after nightclub fire deaths verdict
- How Did The Stardust Fire Start?
- Stardust 30 Years On
- Stardust Verdict
- How tragedy unfolded at a Valentine’s disco
- Irish government makes official apology
- The night that started like any other
- Law Society of Ireland Gazette
- Stardust nightclub was pretty horrendous fire risk
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Episode Gold Producers: 'r', Steven Bridle and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.
Episode Silver Producers: Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Jared Roman, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring and Ian Gallagher.
With thanks to Aileen Brennan for the topic suggestion.
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